COP27, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | 18 November 2022
COP27, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | 18 November 2022
15th November 2022 | COP27, Sharm el-Sheikh
Statement by the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC)
Delivered by: Cristina Coc, Maya Q’eqchi of Belize, Central America
The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) collectively requests Parties to support the following language to be included in the COP27 Cover Decision. Recognising that there is universal support from Parties for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007), and that Parties recommitted to upholding the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples Outcome Document (2014), the IIPFC
Cultural Survival's delegation is on the ground at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP 27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, through November 18. We are excited to share that Indigenous Peoples have one of the largest delegations to date, with close to 250 Indigenous representatives.
Cultural Survival's delegation is on the ground at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (
Press release regarding “Recommendations on activities involving removals under the mechanism established under Article 6 Paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement”
On October 26, 2022, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) adopted the long-awaited General Recommendation No. 39 on the Rights of Indigenous Women and Girls. General Recommendation No.
Cultural Survival y First Peoples Worldwide consideran necesario abordar la creciente postura internacional que combina e iguala a los Pueblos Indígenas –y en particular, sus derechos afirmados a las tierras y territorios y el Consentimiento Libre, Previo e Informado (CLPI)– con las comunidades locales dentro del término “Pueblos Indígenas y Comunidades Locales” o “PICL”.
La becas de Cultural Survival apoyan a jóvenes líderes Indígenas de entre 18 y 28 años: poseedores y creadores de conocimiento, quienes a través de su liderazgo y creatividad, tienen el potencial de avanzar significativamente en su trabajo, liderando espacios transformadores y de impacto dentro de sus comunidades. Desde el añ0 2018 hemos otorgado 62 becas que han apoyado a 82 becarios.
Reconocimiento de tierra
Reconocemos que nuestra sede está en la tierra de Massachusetts, en Cambridge, MA, y agradecemos a los administradores Indígenas pasados, actuales y futuros de este territorio.